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Cracking open the nest egg

People struggling to pay their bills are seeking early access to their superannuation on hardship grounds.Illustration: Karl Hilzinger. Photo: Karl HilzingerThe government's recently announced changes to improve the ''fairness'' of superannuation have ... [Published Brisbane Times - 16 hours ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

NORTH LYNN: Worked while claiming

A woman who was overpaid more than $2,600 in income support and carer?s allowance has been given a conditional discharge.Karen Amari, 47, of Reid Way, North Lynn, started claiming the benefits in 2009 following the onset of depression after the breakdown ... [Published Lynn News - 21 hours ago]
First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Budget to Add to Welfare Payments By $300 million

Welfare groups want more, Swan aware some will be concerned with current total(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 18, 2013 ) London, UK -- According to new reports coming out of Australia, the Budget will spend over $300 million in order to assist welfare recipients ... [Published EMAILWIRE.com - 23 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Jersey votes in favour of housing reforms

It was announced yesterday that Jerseys’ government have voted in favour of new housing reforms that will change the social housing sector across the whole of the island. Part of the new plans include letting tenants rent social housing at ninety per ... [Published Just Landlords - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Interoperable Data gathering system for e-Social Security" awarded UNPSA Winner 2013

17. 5. 2013en10 is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. Every year it rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration ... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Free childcare available for Portsmouth families

Parents receiving free childcare from Portsmouth City Council have said it's made family life much happier and urge others not to miss out.Families who receive certain benefits can claim up to 15 hours of free childcare for two-year-olds and more people ... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

£17k benefits wrongly paid to mum-of-six

MOTHER-OF-SIX Sharon Longshaw pocketed £17,034.29 in benefits for being an out-of-work single mum – despite living with her boyfriend.The 43-year-old had started legitimately claiming income support and housing and council tax benefit as a lone parent ... [Published Stoke-on-Trent Sentinel - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

An Abbott budget would heap stress on our poorest people

The Australian Greens said today that some of the poorest people in our community will be placed under even more financial stress if Tony Abbotts's budget becomes a reality."Tony Abbott is so preoccupied with keeping big business onside that he's prepared ... [Published Australian Greens - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Abbott to punish jobseekers and single parents

Tony Abbott's announcement to cut Labor's $1.1 billion Income Support Bonus will make it harder for more than one million Australians to make ends meet.Under a Liberal government $1.1 billion in cash payments will be stripped away for more than:Paid in ... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Review shows the Household Assistance Package is working

A review of the Gillard Government's Household Assistance Package has found it has helped millions of Australian households keep up with their bills and meet the modest impacts of the carbon price.The Household Assistance Package began in May 2012, with ... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

What are the most read stories on examiner.co.uk today?

The most read stories from May 15.1) What were you up to in 1991? Are you pictured in our Examiner nostalgia photo gallery?ROAD safety was second nature to these Meltham youngsters ? and they had the certificates to prove it.The nine to 11-year-olds, ... [Published Huddersfield Daily Examiner - May 15 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 4 reports

Welfare earnings change is a bandaid: mum

AAPA federal government plan to allow welfare recipients to earn an extra $19 a week has been described as a "bandaid solution".Under the $300 million measure to be announced in Tuesday's budget, those on the Newstart Allowance, Parenting Payment, Widow, ... [Published WA Today - May 13 2013]

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"When people become unemployed, they don't have enough Newstart to pay their rent, so they eat up whatever reserves they've got and sell off whatever they can to get by" she says
Cracking open the nest egg [Published Brisbane Times - 16 hours ago]
"The thing is our debt is very small," he told reporters. "The fact is that for a time running deficits is a very good buffer while you strengthen your economy and ride out the temporary reductions that come along."
Budget to Add to Welfare Payments By $300 million [Published EMAILWIRE.com - 23 hours ago]
After the meeting, Wattoo told reporters that the PPP had reservations on ` "massive rigging’ and demanded the Election Commission to verify the voters’ thumb impression through National Database Registration Authority in 25 per cent constituencies of Punjab. He said rigging had been committed under a ‘comprehensive plan’."
BISP funds should have been used to end energy crisis: PPP mulls what went wrong [Published DAWN Group - May 18 2013]
"When I first became housing minister we had about £80m of outstanding maintenance and little investment in new homes. That is not right and that was because we were subsidising the rents by not doing the maintenance." Separating the social and private housing sectors in Jersey will start to make the housing sector more in line with the rest of the UK, and hopefully...
Jersey votes in favour of housing reforms [Published Just Landlords - May 17 2013]

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Cracking open the nest egg [Published Brisbane Times - 16 hours ago]
NORTH LYNN: Worked while claiming [Published Lynn News - 21 hours ago]
Budget to Add to Welfare Payments By $300 million [Published EMAILWIRE.com - 23 hours ago]
Caretaker government regularises 1664 BISP empl... [Published Business Recorder - May 18 2013]
BISP funds should have been used to end energy ... [Published DAWN Group - May 18 2013]
Jersey votes in favour of housing reforms [Published Just Landlords - May 17 2013]
Interoperable Data gathering system for e-Socia... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade Hearing [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
Free childcare available for Portsmouth families [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
£17k benefits wrongly paid to mum-of-six [Published Stoke-on-Trent Sentinel - May 17 2013]
An Abbott budget would heap stress on our poore... [Published Australian Greens - May 17 2013]
Abbott to punish jobseekers and single parents [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
Review shows the Household Assistance Package i... [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
The Proposed 2nd Free Pre-School Year and cuts ... [Published Indymedia Ireland - May 17 2013]
Clear evidence that loan scheme is being abused [Published Isle of Man Newspapers - May 17 2013]
Social housing reforms sent to select committee [Published Voxy.co.nz - May 16 2013]
NYC Wine & Food Festival: eat, drink and end hu... [Published Huliq.com - May 16 2013]
Housing reform plans are approved [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
Female labour supply, human capital and welfare... [Published Institute for Fiscal Studies - May 16 2013]
The Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Re... [Published Office of Public Sector Information - May 16 2013]
My party, PPP, lost because it forgot about the... [Published The Express Tribune - May 16 2013]
Abbott announces big cuts - including all Labor... [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 16 2013]
Benefit fraud allegations [Published Southern Reporter - May 16 2013]
Couple in court for joint benefit scam [Published Malton and Pickering Mercury - May 16 2013]
Expanding safety net [Published Korea Herald - May 16 2013]
PPP rejects election results in KP [Published DAWN Group - May 16 2013]
Abbott announces big cuts - including all Labor’s [Published Daily Telegraph Australia - May 16 2013]
Abbott announces big cuts - including all Labor?s [Published Herald Sun - May 16 2013]
Bill English: Full Budget Speech 2013 [Published Scoop - May 16 2013]
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Welfare fraud and error: how much is the UK los... [Published News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk - May 13 2013]
Welfare fraud is never far from the headlines, with Universal Credit promised to cut it by £200m. But how much is actually lost, and why? Welfare fraud and waste is never far from the top of the UK's news agenda – but the real figures often bear almost ...
Prospect For Ending Poverty [Published 3quarksdaily - May 13 2013]
by Maniza Naqvi It's a place of darkness. People are poor and hail from tribes and clans. They live in basic shelters in remote villages, with no running water or electricity, and no access to clinics. Subsisting on seasonal work, hunting and ...
A Cheat Sheet to Pakistani Elections [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs | The ... - May 10 2013]
This marks the first time in Pakistan’s history a civilian government has completed its full term and will transition power to a new civilian government, Pakistani elections this Saturday are complete with hope, democratic fervor, and anticipation. ...
Is Obama’s New Index the Right Fix for Social S... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 05 2013]
One of the most controversial elements of President Obama’s 2014 budget is the proposal to reduce future cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security benefits by changing the inflation index. The U.S. Social Security Administration now bases inflation ...
Is Obama’s New Index the Right Fix for Social S... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 05 2013]
One of the most controversial elements of President Obama’s 2014 budget is the proposal to reduce future cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security benefits by changing the inflation index. The U.S. Social Security Administration now bases inflation ...
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Coffee: Colombia Offers Millions in Aid to Help... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 06 2013]
Harper Government Announces Federal Income Supp... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Dec 30 2012]
Agrarpolitik: Die Europäische Union verliert de... [Published PR Newswire - Nov 19 2012]
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